serving up a dvd collection 'on demand' (w/o the discs)

[Net Llama!]

On Fri, 13 Jan 2006, Douglas J Hunley wrote:
> Net Llama! stated:
> > if your only question/problem is getting the DVD's ripped, that's easy
> > enough to do with 'dvdrip':
> > http://www.linux-sxs.org/multimedia/dvdrip.html
> >
> > however, if you want to make the ripped DVD into something that is
> > playable with all the menus, etc, then dvdrip is not the way to go, as
> > that's only going to encode the DVD into some other format without the
> > menus. ?In that case, all you need to do is use dd to rip the DVD (I've
> > found that you need to first play the DVD to crack CSS before you can use
> > dd on it), then mount the image over loopback, and copy off all the files.
> > you can then point xine (or mplayer) at the files/directory like this:
> > xine dvd:///path/to/dvdfiles
> > and it will play with all its menus. ?how you plug this into mythTV is
> > left as an exercise for the reader (as i've never setup mythTV).
>
> I don't need the menus or anything, and I'm not planning on using mythtv .. it
> was the only thing i could think of to help convey what i'm trying to do...
>
> I want to build a tiny little PC that can sit in the entertainment center.
> This pc will be connected to the TV, and to my network. I want to be able to
> sit on the couch, and browse my entire DVD collection on the tv using this
> box. I'm thinking little images of the DVDs. Once I've decided on a movie, I
> 'click' the cover and the pc starts streaming up the movie from the big-ass
> (disk wise) server in the basement. Full DVD quality picture, 5.1 sound . no
> need to go get the DVD itself, no chance for scratching the disc, or anything
> like that.
>
> I think you've provided some of the info I need...

i think you can encode 5.1 sound into an AVI with dvdrip, but i've never
tried (i've got 2 speakers).  based on what you've described, i think
dvdrip is your best bet.

dare i ask which videocard you planned to use for this?  =)

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